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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • pronoun Informal Himself or herself. Used as a gender-neutral reflexive pronoun.
  • pronoun Nonstandard Themselves.

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  • pronoun Reflexive and emphatic form of them when them is used as a non-gender-specific singular pronoun (singular they).

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